The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Wednesday, 30 January 2013

The Town in Bloom

It was near the top of The Times personal column: Calling Moll Byblow, the Mouse and the Gazelle. Madame Lily de Luxe reminds you of a...

Monday, 28 January 2013

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death , by James Runcie , is one of those books that I thought I would like, but it left me cold, and ...

Saturday, 26 January 2013

A Blooming Wonderful Flower Market

The weather is still thoroughly depressing, although we’ve had a bit of blue sky and sunshine today. It rained last night, and has be...

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Ducks on the Ice

Well, here we are, talking about the weather again! It's only a few weeks since normal life was halted by floods. Now everything is disr...

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Walking Boots and Pink Laces

I have walking boots! Proper walking boots! With pink laces! The Man of the House is very dismissive about those laces – I think he feels ...

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